[OT] Extra time spent

John via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Fri Jun 6 13:41:59 PDT 2014


On Wednesday, 4 June 2014 at 19:04:19 UTC, H. S. Teoh via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
> It's strange, I find that even ambient music distracts me, yet 
> the loud noise of an occasional passing train doesn't. 
> Similarly, even whispers will distract me, but birds chirping, 
> trees rustling, etc., don't.

> It's something about intelligible sounds that engage my brain 
> somehow, that non-intelligible sounds don't have. So far, I 
> haven't found anybody else who experiences the same thing.

Me too! I think it's pretty much the default human nature through 
evaluation! We keep filtering / ignoring the usual noises so that 
we can pick up on new ones, just like our noses ignoring an 
existing smell to be able to recognize a new smell.

Similarly, it is easy to hear own name despite all the noise in a 
crowded room.


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